Minister for Finance and Health T. Harish Rao said that the government would stand by farmers and they need not worry about their produce. He said that they would procure even drenched paddy.
“Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao will stand by farmers and he has promised to offer a compensation of ₹10,000 per acre to farmers who lost crop due to recent rains. The same price would be offered to soaked paddy as well like for normal paddy,” said Mr. Harish Rao while interacting with farmers after visiting the market yard at the district headquarters on Wednesday.
When some women farmers explained their plight, the Minister said that the Chief Minister had already directed the officials to buy wet paddy from farmers without fail and there was no dearth of funds.
